Add a link, please?

Hey all. Most of you know that I work with Sara Watterson on a site called Photo Card Cafe' where we create, print and ship some pretty awesome photo cards. We do birth announcements, Christmas cards, birthday party invitations, wedding save-the-dates, and more. We would LOVE it if everyone who reads this would consider putting Photo Card Cafe' up as a link on the right under the "favorite links" area. This would REALLY help us increase our search engine optimization, so we can come up organically on the first page of Google, Yahoo, etc. Thanks for listening to my schpeel!

We're starting to record the news so we can watch the weather.

Yes, we're officially old, because Luke actually did this last night. Way to go honey.

Here's the Coop, wearing the essential hat the children of alums must have.


The news: We've paid off both of our cars in the past four months! I know this sounds no fun, but we did it, so we have no card payments for now. It's nice. Here are the two beauties, all shined up so we can feel good about our purchases.


Here's cute Luke, touch-up-painting the Benz. Very attentive to details.


Here's the dog, that I don't blog about much. He's a good one, but you can tell he's getting old. Our little Joey is around eight years old - we got him when he was two.


I took some pretty pictures while I made some clam chowder last week. I don't know why I was so proud of this, but they are HOMEMADE croutons, and the cans are pretty for the clams. It was so good, too. Let me know if you want the recipe.



Not much is new around here. We're just working, hanging out with Cooper, trying to stay warm in this crazy cold weather, and eating a lot of soup. And, we're eating a lot in general. This wintertime thing makes us really hungry for some reason, so I hope it warms up soon! Cooper likes the gym playroom and the nice sitters, so we go there a little more now. It's a little bit of a relief to be able to go during the days that we don't do anything. Life is good!

Proof he is our son.

Here's a conversation between Dad and son getting into the car at Wal-Mart:

"Cooper, you are so good at getting into the car seat yourself. When I grow up, I want to be just like you."

"You've got to be kidding me, Dad."

100% accurate, I promise.

Also, congrats to Leslie on her THIRD baby girl - Claire Elizabeth. She's gorgeous!

Once

I read a post not too long ago on Heather Armstrong's blog about a movie called Once that she believed to be really good. I saw it at Blockbuster, so I rented it and watched it with Luke and Kelley. It was SO amazing. If you love music and want to watch something that pulls you in and you're not really sure why, and can get past some of the cursing, WATCH this movie. I just bought the soundtrack on iTunes. Highly recommended. That's all.

Me and Rhett

Yes, it is me and Rhett Miller of the Old 97s. Just look at how giddy I am. Can't even keep my shoulders down. Thanks Emily!

Christmas recap

Just a few pictures of the holiday - it was a good one!

Cooper's preschool Christmas party.

These boys are pals. Gotta love the cuz.

My tree.

At Central Market on the cool playground.


Aunt Kelley and the kids making cookies.


Proud of his decorating talents.

Cookies for Santa.

A Billy Joel in the making. Thanks Santa!

Mom and her new "Smoothie" bike. Just like a kid at Christmas!


Rachel passing out presents. She's the best at this.

"I promise I won't beat on it ALL of the time!"